Tool guard for overall pockets



F. J. VAUPEL TOOL GUARD FOR OVERALL POCKETS May 19, 1959 Filed Aug. 12, 1957 INVENTOR.

HTTOFF/VEY United States Patent TOOL GUARD FOR OVERALL POCKETS Fred J. Vaupel, Sibley, Iowa Application August 12, 1957, Serial No. 677,620

1 Claim. (Cl. 150--52) My invention relates to a tool guard.

An object of my invention is to provide a tool guard which can be slipped into an overall pocket and which will prevent tearing and undue wear of the pocket which would be occasioned without the use of my device.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a device which is very economical in construction and which will also provide means for protecting the pocket from other tools as well.

With these and other Objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combina tion of the various parts of my device, whereby the ob jects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a forward elevation of my device as placed inside of a pocket, with a fragmentary section of the pocket, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken generally along the lines 2-2 of Figure 1.

My invention contemplates the provision of a handy device which can be easily slipped into a pocket, and which will prevent the tool carried by the pocket from wearing away the fabric of the pocket.

I have used the character to designate an overall pocket suitably stitched at 11 and 12 along the per-imetral portions of the pocket, and I have used the character 13 to designate the overall base portion to which the pocket is attached, the character 14 indicating the upper open end of the pocket. The device of my invention is preferably made of a suitable plastic, although it can be made of any other desired material, and the device includes a forward wall 15 merging with a further wall portion 16, which portion 16, however, is inclined slightly from the vertical as shown in Figure 2, and indented in the wall 15 is the dished or concave portion 17.

The wall 15 terminates in the arcuate end portion 18 at the bottom of the device, and extends into the arcuate portions 19 at the sides of the device, which arcuate portions 19 terminate in the flanges 20, the flanges 20 terminating at 21.

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The device is used principally for pliers, however, from the construction it will be noted that other tools such as screw drivers and the like could also be placed in the pocket without tearing or wearing away the lower pocket portions.

The character 22 indicates the lower plier portions, and the character 23 the handles, the character 24 designating the head of the usual short bolt 25 which passes between the jaw portions, the character 26 indicating the end nut.

The device is slipped into the pocket as is clearly shown by the figures, with the wall portions 15 and 16 being against the fabric 11) of the pocket, and by means of this device it will be noted that the end portion 22 of the pliers will be prevented from contacting the fabric, and similarly, the head 24 of the bolt 25 will also be prevented from contacting the fabric, these areas usually being the areas that are worn away by the pliers. Therefore, the pocket is completely protected when the pliers are in position in the pocket.

The sloping wall 16 provides means whereby the pliers will be smoothly guided into the device when the pliers are dropped into the pocket, and as stated above it will be noted that other tools could be used with the device as well.

it will now be seen that I have provided the advantages mentioned in the objects of my invention with further advantages being apparent.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my invention without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

A tool guard for over-all pocket-s comprising a forward wall, perimetral arcuate portions extending from said wall, the lowermost portions of said perimetral portions being adapted to contact the end of a tool, said guard being adapted to be inserted in the bottom of a pocket with said wall being adapted to lie adjacently to the outer pocket wall, a further wall extending angularly from the plane of said wall for guiding a tool toward said arcuate portions, said wall having a concave portion adapted to receive the head of a pivoting bolt of a pliers therein and to protect a pocket against wear by said head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 359,343 Burbank Mar. 15, 1887 $55,502 Ford Mar. 3, 1896 1,650,515 Hildebrand Nov. 22, 1927 2,594,614 Behnke Apr. 29, 1952 

